The Childhood Anxiety Screening Scale (ÇATÖ), developed by Birmaher and colleagues (1999) to screen for childhood anxiety disorders and validated in Turkish by Çakmakçı (2004), is available in both parent and child versions. The ÇATÖ consists of a total of 41 items, and a score of 25 or higher is considered indicative of an anxiety disorder. The scale also includes subscales for somatization, panic, generalized anxiety, separation anxiety, social phobia, and school phobia.
The validity and reliability study of the scale in Turkish was conducted by Çakmakçı (2004). The scale includes both parent and child forms. In this study, the 41-item child form of the scale was used. On this scale, the child is asked to mark the option that best applies to him for each statement. Each item is scored on a scale of 0–2. A higher total score on the scale indicates an increased level of anxiety. In addition to the total score, subscale scores for panic disorder or significant somatic complaints (13 items), generalized anxiety disorder (9 items), separation anxiety (8 items), social anxiety (7 items), and school phobia (4 items) can also be calculated. While the total possible score on the scale ranges from 0 to 82, the panic disorder/significant somatic complaints subscale ranges from 0 to 26, the generalized anxiety disorder subscale ranges from 0 to 18, the separation anxiety subscale ranges from 0 to 16, the social anxiety subscale ranges from 0 to 14, and the school phobia subscale ranges from 0 to 8. Birmaher et al. (1997) reported that the Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients for the total scale and subscales ranged from .74 to .93, and that the test-retest reliability coefficients ranged from .70 to .90.